Kosovo Serb politician arrested for war crimes

Jan 27, 2014

Oliver Ivanovic, a leading Kosovo Serb politician was arrested on Monday on suspicion of war crimes.

EU officials said that Ivanovic had been identified as a suspect in the war crimes investigation that took place after the 1990s Kosovo conflict ended.

Although details Ivanovic's crimes have not been made public, local newspapers claim that he is suspected of torturing and murdering ethnic Albanians and being one of the organisers of a violent, anti-Albanian vigilante group.

See more on BBC news.

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